There is really only one good answer to this: You have a very strong hand or at least a strong hand in regards to heads up play. If not just fold the mediocre stuff and get on with the next hand. As I have said before I will call a raise with two blank cards heads up from the BB verus a small blind raise. Against an opponent like me you should even be more inclined to throw away all but your extremely good hands because I have position on you and I play well post flop. Another example of a knuckle head trying to drive me out heads up from the SB with some mediocre shit that just cost him some more bucks post flop. Thanks for coming out sir.

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
6 folds, SB raises, Hero calls.

Flop: (4 SB) , , (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3 BB) (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

River: (7 BB) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 9 BB

Results in white below:
SB has Ts 8s (two pair, tens and nines).
Hero has 9h 2s (three of a kind, nines).
Outcome: Hero wins 9 BB.

What was so horrible about his play?
You called with the worst hand and outflopped him. Other than the turn raise (which you could have been bluffing or slowplaying a Ten) what other reason does he believe that he's beat here?

I've seen players do that heads up with a lot worse holdings after the river, eg. Ace high, King high etc

Reasons that it is bad

1. Because he has 10 high preflop
2. He's out of position
3. He is in with a very tough opponent
4. Rake considerations

His play on the hand wasn't bad but it was the preflop call that got him in trouble. You simply cannot show a +EV when playing against a capable player heads up when you are out of position over the long haul especially if you are getting involved with hands like 10 high.

I think the positional aspect of the thing combined with your postflop ability if extremely good can justify a call with any two cards in this situation. Perhaps I am wrong and I won't argue that for most people mucking 92o is probably a way better move than defending with it, but when you have a monster say like 32s you have got to play

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
6 folds, SB raises, Hero calls.

Flop: (4 SB) , , (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3 BB) (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB folds.

Final Pot: 6 BB

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins 6 BB.

I have to say my feeling on playing BB against these steals is read based. All things equal I might have chucked away the 92o but if I knew the guy raising was likely to be doing it with T8s, then thats different!

If the guy is tight (and in that case has a clue what he is doing) I am not willing to invest more money with my junk hands. If on the other hand the player is a nugget then I too feel the position and skill post flop can make it worth while. I do need to be sure though I can out play him, meaning I make him fold if the flop is unfavourable to him which is not something to be taken for granted at $2/$4 and below.

Currently I am willing to let most played steal a few on me if I have crap but then with even a mediocre hand I tend to reraise from the BB. Again I need to be pretty sure I can fold the guy so I find this works better against medium good players. By knowing I can potentially fold them I think this makes its a better EV situation as it means to are not flop dependant to win the hand. Against a bad player you will still need to hit your hand which reduces the EV in my book. Since I have been going for the "imaginative rock" table image this is one of those situations where I will let my imagination fly a bit.

Rich